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Well-supportedPower & Influence
U.S.–Israel influence: lobbying, aid and policy networks
A records-based guide to lobbying disclosures, campaign spending, military aid, congressional votes and the limits of what those records establish.
Evidence-first. Source-linked. Corrections welcome.Read our methodology
Independent evidence libraryExtraordinary claims.
Extraordinary claims.
Examined evidence.
Investigating power, secrecy and the world’s most persistent claims—one primary source at a time.
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Investigations
Read the strongest available record—and see exactly where certainty ends.
9 case files
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ConfirmedCrime & Institutions
The Epstein files: what the documents actually show
Court records, official releases and a careful distinction between documented conduct, association and unsupported accusation.
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Well-supportedWar & Security
September 11: evidence, failures and persistent claims
The attack timeline, intelligence failures, engineering findings, foreign-government questions and the evidence behind alternative claims.
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ConfirmedConfirmed Operations
MKUltra and the architecture of a confirmed secret program
How declassified records and congressional investigations established the CIA program—and which later claims go beyond the evidence.
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Well-supportedMoney & Corruption
Pandora Papers and the global offshore system
What leaked records reveal about financial secrecy, and why inclusion in an offshore database is not itself proof of wrongdoing.
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DisputedUnresolved Cases
JFK assassination: the official record and open disputes
A claim-by-claim evidence map covering the investigations, forensic debates, witnesses and newly released government records.
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ConfirmedTechnology & Surveillance
Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and political data
The data transfer, political profiling claims, regulatory findings and what remains uncertain about electoral effects.
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DebunkedDebunked Claims
Moon-landing denial: how the claims fail
Independent tracking, returned samples, retroreflectors, imagery and the recurring misunderstandings behind the hoax narrative.
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UnresolvedScience & Health
COVID-19 origins: evidence, uncertainty and overclaiming
A living review separating genomic evidence, intelligence assessments, laboratory-incident possibilities and unsupported certainty.
Follow the system
Subject desks
Sixteen ways to investigate how influence, secrecy and accountability intersect.
Worldwide accountability
10 scandals that crossed borders
A launch collection ranked by documented reach, public-record volume, geographic impact and sustained reporting—not outrage alone.
Open a primary database- 01Offshore Leaks
- 02Cambridge Analytica
- 03FIFA corruption
- 04Operation Car Wash
- 051MDB
- 06Pegasus spyware
- 07Iraq WMD intelligence
- 08NSA surveillance
- 09Clergy abuse cover-ups
- 10Wirecard
Our standardA label is not a verdict.
A label is not a verdict.
A source is not context.
Shocking World distinguishes documented fact from allegation and association from culpability. Every case file shows what is known, how it is known, what is disputed and what remains unanswered.
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ConfirmedCourt judgment, admission or authenticated record
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Well-supportedMultiple independent credible sources
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Credible allegationSupported, but not conclusively established
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DisputedMeaningful evidence exists on opposing sides
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UnsubstantiatedInsufficient reliable evidence
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DebunkedContradicted by strong evidence